American Legion is an Indianapolis-based military company founded in 1919 by Henry L. Stimson, William J. Donovan, Alvin York, John Campbell Greenway, Robert Bacon, Theodore Roosevelt Jr., Dwight F. Davis, Charles White Whittlesey, A. Piatt Andrew, Stewart Edward White, Charles Brent, John F. O'Ryan, George A. White, Bennett Champ Clark, Frederic W. Galbraith, Franklin D'Olier, Henry D. Lindsley, G. Edward Buxton Jr., Devereux Milburn, Eric Fisher Wood, Roy Hoffman and William G. Price Jr..